Le Samouraï is The Original ‘Cool’ Hit Man w/ Director Richard Linklater | CineFix Top 100

Le Samouraï popped up in the French New Wave and gave us the definitive image of the “cool Hit Man” that endures to this day, and so it only made sense that Clint, Cal and Alex welcome special guest and co-writer and director of Hit Man, Richard Linklater! The Academy Award nominated filmmaker chats about why people think retail hitmen actually exist, how Le Samouraï helped influence that belief and why the rest of the French New Wave looked up to Jean Pierre Melville and his incredible nom-de-guerre from the French Revolution. It’s a super fun, super special in-between season installment of the CineFix Top 100 and we hope you have a good time with it! Meanwhile, Dan’s algorithm is chirping like crazy in its cage, so we think somebody planted a bug in our apartment. CineFix Top 100 was created by Clint Gage and Dan Parkhurst and is produced by Tayo Oyekan, with Director of Photography, Jamie Parslow and Technical Producer, Marhyan Franzen. Our Executive Producers are Clint Gage and Corrado Caretto. Logo and graphic design by Eric Sapp and title animations by Casey Redmon. CineFix Top 100 is available on all your podcast networks including: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/02lznfKZ2gCnBwFoTgKlYr Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinefix-top-100/id1693413490 Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/80256cff-2174-4d69-a9c7-8b565e96e39b Be sure to subscribe to CineFix for more movie lists, brilliant moments and top 100! 97. Groundhog Day Doesn’t Need to Explain Itself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l8H2r5wLPM 92. Hot Fuzz Is Covered In Jokes - https://youtu.be/d-K402N2jCc 87. La Haine is Tough Guy Posturing At It’s Best - https://youtu.be/1Pd3RIPiIbs?si=cfqfCGRi7JLgNnkN 84. Independence Day is a Goddamn Masterpiece - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY-9wBcAXmU 83. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is Lamp-Bumping Perfection - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcT6Kyo1gQI 79. Princess Mononoke Is Beautiful, But Does It Have Rizz? - https://youtu.be/vvkKgXgY10M?si=C2v_cNGT-rii37Mv 78. Boogie Nights is The Perfect Horny Boy Movie - https://youtu.be/DYkhtuzdmkg?si=l7I5uXH5M_aRBwwv 75. Why The Hell is Disney’s Robin Hood Even On This List? - https://youtu.be/w8Zb4O3_hS0?si=ASGGhaffw1VgXiBh 71. Parasite is Genre-Bending Social Satire At Its Most Metaphorical - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhlqplJOzIM 66. Monty Python and the Holy Grail Gleefully Skewers Filmmaking as an Art Form - https://youtu.be/T0vedcYNZxk?si=WA7LHfHMSt2GIS2p STRUCK – The Three Amigos Still Holds Up Decades Later - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJEgqedUW9E 63. Raiders of the Lost Ark Was Spielberg Shooting From The Hip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly5Mxq9qcmM 62. Being There Is Cinema’s Greatest Rorschach Test - https://youtu.be/oXRVDAzQ-xA?si=zCWqX9VVN63VE9VN STRUCK – The Burbs Is Every Suburban American’s Worst Nightmare - https://youtu.be/WkTRAY9m_T0 56. Sunset Boulevard is STILL a Crazy, Meta Middle Finger to Hollywood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykjfQgN9gd8 53. Orson Welles Created The 'Star Role' in The Third Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In2tp8HoLh0 49. City of God is Eloquent Violence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG43jOFSHSg 42. The Exorcist Is Still Scary Thanks To Classic Film Trickery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSpN-409FVA 28. Seven Samurai: Is There a More Influential Action Film? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rDhqmm2Yes 22. RoboCop Features Cinema’s Smartest Shootout in a Cocaine Factory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT71d1WrAnc 20. Has Star Wars' Relentless Retconning Hurt Its Legacy? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dETWvs8rXUs 18. Rear Window Is Hitchcock’s Most Technically Impressive Film - https://youtu.be/6oufiKhjphM?si=1-XNN9CHS8y39A8R 14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Is Impossible to Forget - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SOktcZbj9I ??. Jaws Might Be The Luckiest Mistake in Film History - https://youtu.be/Nqwb8nsznE4?si=7tBX42dhI2hO1h4d ??. Terminator 2: Judgment Day Is The Most Perfect Action Movie of All Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6AJTY8LjKQ NOT Top 100 - The Warriors is Sweaty, Grainy, Dirty and Awesome - https://youtu.be/TTx7Uf1ss5A NOT Top 100 - In Bruges’ Script Is Its Biggest Strength - https://youtu.be/re1iWphA7rM?si=x4W8B4GYkWSOoDZP NOT Top 100 - Has Jackie Brown Aged The Best Out of All Tarantino? - https://youtu.be/SmUEzB2PRKI?si=iHgAkPMKSlarmT97 NOT Top 100 - The Fly is Science Fictions Most Accessible Body Horror - https://youtu.be/uudhFQLc_eE?si=tZ2R_b2h-QvZkXoq NOT Top 100 - Midnight Cowboy Is A Time Capsule That Can’t Be Remade - https://youtu.be/WY6F05qNfX0?si=JP-B6jwtfJvI7eiX